Necktie-clasp.



E. P. TOBIE.

NECKTIE CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23,-1913.

1,105,542, Patented July 28, 1914.

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EDWARD P. TOBIE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. 1

NECKTIE-CLASP. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 23, 1813. Serial No. 786,217.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. Team, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie- Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tie clasps adapted,

I waist or shirt upon which the tie ends rest.

The essential objects of my invention are compactness; the avoidance of irregularities or projections tending to catch the fabric; the prevention ofportions extending laterally beyond the edges of the tie; to insure a snug'engagement ofthe tie and shirt margin at the edges as well as at the intermediate portions of the tie ends; to distribute the pressure of the clamping device over the area of the articles clamped; to insure the clasp against accidental slipping either vertically or into an inclined position; to avoid the formation of swelled portions in the tie ends adjacent the edges of the clasp, and to attain the above ends in a structure possessing a maximum of strength, and one sightly in appearance, inexpensive to construct, and simple and effective in operation.

To the above ends essentially my invention consists in such parts and in such combination of parts as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification Figure 1 is a front elevation of my novel clasp shown engaged with a tie. Fig. 2, a section of the same on line a; w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, a plan of the clas disengaged; and Fig. 4, a rear elevationo theclas v Like reference 0 aracters indicate like parts throughout the views.

My clasp is constructed from a single strip of resilient'materia'l, and in a single piece, and without the usual employment of solder, whereby a maximum of strength and a minimum of expense and defacement is i assured. The material is bent to form an oblong body portion A which may be strai -ht or may be sli htly curved, as lspreferaiilez and as shown In the drawings-" At one end of the body portion the material is rearwardly and inwardly bent in a curve as at b to form a hook B; the end portion 1) of the hook being preferably inclined rearwardly. At the opposite end of the body portion A the material is inwardly bent or folded to form a Patented July 28, 1914):.

spring arm C, forming a resultant end loop Z. From the open loop d the arm C extends lnwardly to a point .0 near the rear face of the body A and thence forwardly as at f forming an intermediate bend E in the arm C. The portion f of the arm is continued and bent 1n a circle forming a loop G,- a portion of which contacts as at g with rear face of the body at approximately its central portion; .and the end of the bent material g is adjacent or in contact with-the portion f of the arm. The bend E and the ring G form two points of clasping contact with, the materials inserted intermediate the part A and the arm C. The material employed in the arm C and ring G is narrower than the material in the body A. The clasp is shown herein as applied to the overlapped 'ends' H of a necktie I, and to the free edge J of a shirt or waist against which the tie ends rest.

The clasp is aflixed by applying the same to the edges upon one side of the tie and to the edge of the shirt margin, so that all of the said edges enter the s ace between the ring G and arm C and b0( y A as the clasp is pressed transversely of the tie ends; the edges abutting against the end of the loop d when in final position. The opposite edges of the tie are. then placed manually in the hook B." To remove the tie the described operations are reversed.

It will be observed that the clasp as applied (loes not extend substantially any distance to either side of the tie; that the body A affords facile opportunities for ornamentation; that the resiliency of the arm C serves to clamp the materials engaged; that the two points of contact E and g distribute the pressure of the arm over the materials engaged with a minimum of contacting surface, and insuring against accidental change of position of the clasp relatively to the tie; that the inwardlyinclined end of the mem ber B prevents accidental catching of this member when the clasp is removed; that the free end of the loop G is so disposed as to be incapable of catching the fabric; and that the reduced width of the arm prevents resultant swells upon the material engaged at points adjacent the body A, and which swells would occur were the arm C of the same breadth as the body A.

What I claim is 1. A tie clasp embodying'in a single piece an oblong body portion having at one end a hooked member and at the opposite end bent upon itself to form a spring arm, said s ring arm having an inward bend towar the body portion and terminating at its free end in a loop, said inward bend and loop adapted to distribute the pressure of said arm over the article engaged with a minimum of contacting surface.

2. A tie clasp embodying in a single piece an oblong body portion having at one end a hooked member the-end portion of which is inclined toward the body portion and at the opposite end bent upon itself to form a.

spring arm, said spring arm having an inward bend toward the body portion and terminating at it free end in a loop, said inward bend and loop adapted to distribute the pressure of said arm over the article engaged with a minimum of contracting surface.

3. A tie clasp comprising in a single piece of spring material a body portion terminating at one end in a hook and at the opposite end bent upon itself to form an end loop and a spring arm, said arm havin at lts free end a loop, a portion of whic is designed to contact with said body, and between said loop and bend formed with an intermediate bend toward the body to form a plurality of spaced contact points.

In testimony whereof afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD 1P. T QBIE.

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